Islay Hotel Port Ellen Panoramas

Many people will remember the sad sight of the old Islay Hotel in Port Ellen. After it had closed the building hadn't been maintained and over the years the wind and water had taken their toll. Certainly over the last 10 years of its existence it had started to turn into an eyesore, even though some developed romantic views about the building.

After many problems including securing sufficient water supplies Roland Worthington-Eyre was finally able to kick off the project to rebuild the hotel in summer 2007. On this page I will try to document the progress of the project with panoramas of the site at various stages.

To view them in their full glory you will need the Apple QuickTime plugin installed on your PC. The previews on this page give you an impression of what to expect, follow the links under the previews for the full experience. Note: Most of the panoramas are quite big, depending on your connection speed they might take a while to download.

More to come: I'm planning to continue this series by taking the pictures for further panoramas during future visits. My next visit to Islay is currently planned for June 2011, so fingers crossed everything goes to plan...